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New from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)--www.cdc.gov/niosh--is a mobile medical unit that provides underground coal miners with the opportunity to receive confidential lung disease screening in close proximity to where they work, live or shop. The resource will assist researchers, medical professionals, and others in identifying the distribution and prevalence of black lung disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among U.S. coal miners. To learn more, visit www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/surveillance/ORDS/CoalWorkersHealthSurvProgram.html or contact Anita Wolfe, AWolfe@cdc.gov.

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